New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-22
THE CART HORSE WINS.
Rem ALI GETS A RACE AT LAST.
AsxAr SPEED SHOWN BY THE BARD AND HANOVER
In TWO SEPARATE sTAKEs


Tn altar ages whom tho gray mists OF uadton sn"i
49, Gathered about the Turf history Of the Nine
t..uth Century some day before his humble neai~
uha white haired grandsire will take his Pis'us
infant on his knee and tell him the marVeuo ~, 20
Of Ben Ali 1t Is way That iegehos "" -.
stick too closely to tho unvarnisbed tru'nS u
and the grandsirc of . future century may Po's~s
-. som.what from tho cold light Of fact rs seen
toxt.v. lint this Ii the sort OF narrative 'na' VIC
Aforesaid prattling infant will listen 10
1b,rteen wears before tho beginning OF the I"ch-
.,.,h century there was great brown running morse
am the American courses, named Ben ALL Mno
vas owned BY Turkish Pacha Of tho same name ihi
vronderful animal from his shape and Size, vast
strength and sullen temper, was best shtod ior noy
work and humble toll but his owner, the TURKISH
pscha decided to make q race horse OF him' ="
1as6 his attempts In that line at LOUISVILLE al" e
Youia wero brilliantly successful but ater Dcn an
cauc East no found many horses much MS superior
ON tho Atlantic seab0ard. But bis owhers hoPo'
on,v roso higher with defeat. A great race was 70
ne n,n at sheepshead Bay on June 49, called inc
suburban Handicap; and all the TURKISH facna
friends looked forward to victory for inc iuiAsn
horso But the peculiar creature having made some
trial runs and preliminary appearances III CIV.
called Brooklyn, found little favor in the eyes oi
the populacc. His running was very SLOW ana Vers
awkward when the suburban was run tins peautiu
cbecpsbead Bay racecourse had become deep ana
rnirv swamp: but 1t supposed thao tne hhen'S
frame of the muscular Ben All coud pioush 'nioue"
tho mud better than any of the other horses III INC
race owing to q terrible blunder on tho par' Oh
Court Official called Starter, Ben Ali was lett al inc
most In tho Suburban. His noble owner reso'ou INA"
extreme measures were necessary. Inc morse h"u
sbown such sulky temper ON SUBURBAN Gay anu
everv timo that he had appeared In puohc lna' ~
seemed useless 10 try to run him again "i'no"' ~
sorting to extraordinary treatment
As the Legend of Ben Ali Will run ie" hunoio"
he treat
In the gray dawn of Sunday morning oig Drown
horss might have been seen led over the brooAls II
prdce and attached together with beast Oh io"ief
lineage to one of Henry Harris fast running iniu
ave stret-cars All day long, day Oh an! thns ou.
rest for Ben ALI the sulky son OF virgin oiassou
tho chariot OF Thiri-ave. over the rcsouhuiis paw.
merits This treatment succeeded In suDduihe MS
f,rious temper to some extent; but he was not Se'
weak and tractable. 1t necessary still fur'her
To break his spirit and make him doche anu suD'ii
sve. so on Monday Ben Ali was attached 10 an olior
mons sugar truck, heavily laden ana spent al 1i"'
day hauling sugar between the refinery Oh haNeno!o.
q Elder in Williamsburg and pier on the North
River. ,n,,.,
Tho result of this policy that when the turkish
horse came to the post at Coney Island on luosI'S
June o. no was meek as lamp, ana h''i0 en
might have led him. Greatly encouraged ny 'no
superb result OF this treatment Pacha Ben All anu
Dwver whose baptismal name was Michaei, pachcu
,ysns through the ring spreading slaughter on every
hand LAYING waste the book-nakcrs, and leaving
empty pockets on every side Thus, as la.c centuries
viii tell the legend, the way In which holse
that nature INTENDED only for trucking or 10 carry
a street-car bell, was enabled to run mile ana
quarter in :Oo and TO WIN thc An1h f"e0 oi ~
at Eheepshead Bay,
turning from the legends Of the future TO the
unadornei history of to-day, 1t may be SAID tnal INC
racing OF the Concy Island Jockey CLUB was unusuan
brilliant and attractive and that the great neat Vi
tho day was so tempered by breeze from the sea
that the afternoon passed agreeably ana en-
toyably. The attendance was fair, though IL seeni"
smau n, eomparisOn with the enormous rush Oh say
urday The racing of yesterday from purely sport.
ing point of view very much superior 10 'a' VI
suburban Day. saxony won the first contest as OK
pected but his colored jockey stone was so extremely
confident and took things so easily loungihs along
,azly into the homestretch that Harry RUSSELL max
inc hold bid at the furong pole, headed saxony Tor
fer strides and Stone was forced to ride Saxony out
with tho whip to snatch tho race from the hrc bu'
for few seconds the hackers of saxony shVerod 50
that the whole course was shaken as II by q silli
earthquake
The Surf Stakes proved tremendous smaShup'
Guarantee, ridden by Hamilton, was backed as
certainty. He ran well, and the time was good
,r, u.muton was over confident, lay back too long,
and Uas beaten at the finish by length by August
pe,mont,s excellent colt MagnetZer, son OF Inc III
Used and Magnetism. Magnetizer, although ne hda
run fairly well at jerome Park was an extreme OUT
slider in the betting But no VIII po .reaseu w Saca
the greatest possible respect hereafter In any race
that no NAV rla for he showed remarkable speen'
and is built to carry plenty OF weight. Inc D"yeiS
withdrew Kingfsh and ran Baston with McLaushhh
mn but Balston, although neat ana clever coi''
was outrun without much difficulty by Guarantee
and got only third place
The next two races gave all present view OF two
-. -. - hSre.s- exten,led To full speed. Only
Trouhadour appeared against The Bard In the COhey
Island Stakes Garrison rode last years ououin%'
winner and went off fast with the hope OF geliIng
away from The Bard. The first half mile was lhdoo
In SOL seconds; the five furionss In w .no
three quarters In IA Ia the mile In Al ana inc
whole race In / SO. Troubadour showed all OF last
years speed ; but not much of last years staying
power On the backstretch the TWO ran nearly h.Sa
and head giving tho spectators stirring spec'acc'
Int ON the lower turn The Bard drew steadily away,
and finally with the greatest ease under pun
For the Tidal Stakes only Kingston ana oheAo
yentured TO oppose Hanover. The Dwyer colt WONT
OF with preat rapidlty apparently intending 10 lose
Kingston In the first part Of the race Inc mrs. nan
was run In 40 and the three quarters IN IL -
while the mile took al l-s, Kingston going On an
the way down the backStretch, ana nearly 10 inc
bomestretch, though he got the whip freely on inc
lower turn. But In the last quarter hanover uro"
away with the utmost ease. Kingston has grea.
speed undoubtedly but Hanover Is such phe-
nnmenon that there is really probability that
Kingston will beat him, though after Two OF
three more races Kingston may DO able to hang on
long enough make really eXcltng nflsn. ohcho
was beaten off but his rider continued on with him.
and ran him for a mile and a quarter Inc Oohey
Island Jockey Club already has the swift Stakes ana
the Rapid stakes. 1t is supposed from Onehos per
formancc that the club will soon open the slow
Stakes In which Oneko will be sure to prove ior-
ndable candidate.
II will be seen by comparison of the Coney Island
Stakes and the Tidal Stakes that except In the nst
half mile The Bard faster than Hanover, but the
speed shown by both was magnificent Either OF
these two splendid horses could probably break al,
most any record UP to two miles or more. II Is SUI
an unsettled point which is the faster at any distance
When they meet the excitement should be as ercat
as when the famous match between Longfclow and
Harry Bassett occurred.
In the fifth race for Suburban horses, the Hagsins
and Dwyers both backed Ben All heavily. He was
ridden by Mclaughlin, and looked much better than
at any previous time this year. much of nus iOrneI